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CVE-1999-1198

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1990-10-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

BuildDisk program on NeXT systems before 2.0 does not prompt users for the root password, which allows local users to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• Next: through 2.0

References

• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/b-01.shtml
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1990-06.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7141.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11
• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/b-01.shtml
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1990-06.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7141.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11

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